In a blockbuster world exclusive, The ENQUIRER rips the lid off a shocking racial scandal in which celebrity chef PAULA DEEN confesses to using the N-word on several occasions and even wanting black waiters to play the role of slave in a wedding party she was planning. In a disturbing May 17 legal deposition – which only The ENQUIRER has obtained -- Paula also reveals stunning family secrets about booze and pornography. And it was all captured on video! Now, sources say that Paula’s own words could bring down the Food Network star’s $17 million business empire. The bombshell revelations came to light after one of Paula’s restaurant managers, Lisa Jackson, sued the popular TV star for discrimination in a whopping $1.2 million lawsuit.

Deen said should couldn't remember other contexts in which she used the slur, but "maybe in repeating something that was said to me."

"But that's just not a word that we use as time has gone on," she said. "Things have changed since the '60s in the south. And my children and my brother object to that word being used in any cruel or mean behavior."